Discovery of a large deletion of KAL1 in 2 deaf brothers

Sandrine Marlin1, Sandra Chantot-Bastaraud, Albert David

  • 1*Centre de référence des surdités génétiques, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris; †Service de Génétique médicale, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris; ‡INSERM UMRS1120; §Département de génétique et d'embryologie médicales, INSERM U933, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris; ∥Département de génétique clinique, CHU de Nantes; ¶Service d'ORL pédiatrique, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris; #Laboratoire de Génétique moléculaire, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris; **Institut de la Vision; ††UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6; and ‡‡Laboratoire de biochimie et biologie moléculaire, Hôpital Trousseau, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.

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